Miller, the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has scaled the operations of its Managing General Agent (MGA) offering with the appointment of David Robinson as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Neil Ross as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO).
Most recently, Robinson was the CEO of specialty MGA Optio Group, having initially joined as a Managing Director, overseeing Optio’s underwriting, claims and actuarial functions.
Over his career, he has also held several senior roles across the industry including 25 years at Chubb and ACE, latterly as Regional President, UK & Ireland, responsible for property and casualty (P&C), accident and health (A&H), specialty personal lines, and high net worth.
Ross has two decades of experience in the underwriting market across multiple product lines, including liability lines, cyber and property, as well as expertise in launching digital underwriting capabilities to help access segments of business previously out of reach to specialty insurers.
Most recently, he served at AXIS Capital as the Head of Retail for Global Markets, having held several senior positions at the firm previously.
James Hands, Group CEO, Miller commented on the appointments, “David and Neil have incredibly strong reputations in the market and their appointments mark a significant step in our ambition to build out a broader MGA offering within the Miller Group. In these new roles, David and Neil will focus on developing an underwriting-led MGA platform which builds long-term collaborative partnerships that allow us to bring specialist expertise and innovative products to the market.
“Miller has continued to go from strength to strength, as we attract some of the industry’s best talent, build out our product offering, and customer reach. This latest announcement is testament to that continued growth, as we build a more diverse business that can bring a broader range of solutions to the market.”
Robinson said, “I am delighted to be leading the formation of this offering within the Miller Group. The business’ entrepreneurial culture, practitioner-led mindset and dedication to specialism creates the perfect foundations to build a meaningful underwriting business in the specialty space.
“I look forward to working with Neil and bringing in best-in-class underwriting talent to create a compelling proposition for the market.”
Ross added, “We see a strong opportunity to build something of value in the specialty space via an underwriting-led, data driven approach.
“With a focus on maximising profitability for capacity providers, through this new platform we will be able offer insurers a partner that can provide access to opportunities in traditionally hard to reach areas of specialty.”
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